CN105637606B - Double preloadings of keypad deflect web - Google Patents
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Abstract
The keypad of a kind of electronic equipment is provided, which includes: substrate, the array including dome element；The array of distance piece；The array of mechanical keys, is disposed in the row to interweave between distance piece；First deflection web, is sustainably arranged to adjacent with the substrate；And second deflection web, be arranged in the distance piece and the key and it is described first deflection web between.The substrate is configured as preloading the first and second deflection webs towards key.
Description
Technical field
The solution of the present invention is related to hand-hold electronic equipments, relates more specifically to include double pre-add for integrated Keypad module
Carry the hand-hold electronic equipments of deflection web.
Background technique
A plurality of types of hand-hold electronic equipments are being currently used.Exemplary handheld electronic device includes personal digital assistant
(PDA), handheld computer, bidirection pager and cellular phone.Many characterize wireless communication ability and/or be without with it is other
Equipment communicates the stand-alone device that can be worked.
Hand-hold electronic equipments be generally intended to be it is portable, it is many it is sufficiently small to be suitble to be placed in pocket, belt sleeve, briefcase
Or in wallet.As the form factor of this equipment has been reduced to improve portability, the component of such as keyboard or keypad etc
Size also reduce.Keyboard or keypad include the key that the switch of input entry is served as in driving.In order to further promote this
The miniaturization of a little components, a kind of conventional method are related to using take can electrical conduction and the dome-shaped member of elasticity arranged on circuit boards
The Electronic Keying of the form of part.
In simplest form, this dome element is the smooth sector of sky sphere.It is applied when to the vertex of dome element
When adding driving force, dome element is collapsed to be achieved in electronic circuit.User of the dome element collapsed to hand-hold electronic equipments
Touch feedback is provided.This simple sphere segmentation is effective generally for their expected purpose, but touch feedback is frequent
It is detectable.
Therefore, dome element usually has the elasticity or flexibility for the sense of touch for providing improved sense of touch or increasing dome element
Layer.However, being difficult to generate elasticity or flexible layer making them suitable for the key for being packed into keyboard or keypad due to the small size of each component
And other structural details.Which results in too small elasticity or flexible layers, penetrate into so as to cause the moisture that can damage bottom component.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides the keypads of a kind of electronic equipment, comprising: substrate, the array including dome element；Distance piece
Array；The array of mechanical keys is disposed in the row to interweave between the distance piece；First deflection web, sustainably by
It is arranged as adjacent with the substrate；And second deflection web, be arranged in the i) distance piece and the mechanical keys and ii) institute
It states between the first deflection web, the substrate is configured as preloading the first deflection web and described towards the mechanical keys
Second deflection web.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to which the disclosure is more fully understood, said briefly below referring now to what is carried out in conjunction with attached drawing and detailed description
It is bright, wherein similar reference symbol represents similar part.
Figure 1A is the front view of electronic equipment；
Figure 1B is the schematic diagram of the processor of the electronic equipment of Fig. 1；
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of the keypad of the electronic equipment of Fig. 1；
Fig. 3 is the enlarged drawing of the part of the keypad of Fig. 2；
Fig. 4 is the side view of double preloadings deflection web of the intermediate assembling stage of keypad according to the embodiment；
Fig. 5 is the perspective view of single deflection web according to the embodiment；
Fig. 6 is the perspective view of another single deflection web according to the embodiment；And
Fig. 7 is the side schematic views that web is deflected according to double preloadings of the keypad of alternative embodiment.
Specific embodiment
A, 1B, 2 and 3 referring to Fig.1 provide electronic equipment 4.As shown in Figure 1A, electronic equipment 4 can be hand-held electronics
Equipment (for example, portable phone, smart phone, mobile computing device etc.), and including shell 6, input unit 8, output device 12
With processor 16, processor 16 is arranged on shell 6 or in shell 6.Input unit 8 provides input to processor 16, and locates
It manages device 16 and provides output signal to output device 12.
Input unit 8 may include the keypad 20 for serving as navigation input.Keypad 20 includes multiple keys 28 and multiple distance pieces
29, each key in multiple keys 28 can drive to provide input to processor 16.Multiple keys 28 can arrange according to distance piece
The 29 multirow keys 28 to interweave are arranged.Distance piece 29 can be extended to the monolithic element across the front of shell 6 respectively.Keypad 20
It can function as optical sheet, track pad, capacitor input or trace ball, to provide navigation and other inputs to processor 16.Therefore,
Keypad does not need any isolated element to provide these functions, although they also may include in electronic equipment 4.Output dress
Setting 12 may include display 32, such as liquid crystal display, light-emitting diode display, electronic ink display etc., and can be by glass
Or transparent polymer covering.
Many in key 28 can be assigned multiple alphabetical (for example, language elements).For example, one of key 28 can represent word
It is one or more in female " A " and " S ", and another key 28 can represent it is one or more in letter " Q " and " W ".
The letter of example keypad 20 can be provided in the QWERTY configuration that QWERTY is configured or is reduced.Be not explicitly shown herein its
The example of his input module may include the mouse for for example inputting selection for making menu, stylus and arrange on shell 6
Hard button etc..
As shown in fig. 1b, processor 16 includes processing unit 36 and memory 40.Processing unit 36 can be (for example)
Other electronic circuits microprocessor (μ P) or connect with 40 interface of memory.Memory 40 can be various types of inside
And/or any one in exterior storage medium or more, such as RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FLASH, use is provided
In the storage register (i.e. machine readable media) of data storage.Memory 40 can be volatibility or nonvolatile memory.
Memory 40 has the multiple routines 44 for taking machine or computer-readable executable instruction, and multiple routines 44 are stored in memory
It can in 40 and but be executed on processing unit 36.
Each distance piece 29 includes prolongation main body 290, has the first side towards output device 12, fills back to output
The second side for setting 12, the bottom that can't see under normal circumstances and user oriented upper surface.Prolongation main body 290 can have curved
Bent or rounded edges generally rectangular cross sections, so that the charming appearance and comfort of distance piece 29 is presented in upper surface, so that
User can cosily slide his finger tip along the surface of distance piece 29.In the side-walls of shell 6, upper surface can (but not
It is required that) user is buckled away from, so that the side wall of shell 6 also can have comfort.Nethermost distance piece 29 can be provided
As with the matched plate 291 of the appearance of shell 6.
Other than the most downlink of key 28, each of key 28 is disposed in a pair of of distance piece 29 with main body 290
Between.The key of most downlink can be provided between the distance piece 29 with main body 290 and the distance piece for being provided as plate 291
28.The length of key 28 from top to bottom is more slightly shorter than the distance between distance piece 29, and width is enough to allow each key 28 on keypad 20
There is space.Most of keys 28 have similar size, but one or more keys can have biggish size (such as space
Key).As shown in Figure 3, each key has side wall, lower surface and upper surface, and side wall is mutual towards adjacent key 28 or distance piece 29
Side wall is mended, lower surface be can't see under normal circumstances.It is formed by the connection between the side wall and upper surface of each key 28
Edge can be round or curved and usually coplanar with each other, and the co-planar with the upper surface of distance piece 29.Each
The upper surface of key 28 has the corner to form raised brim 280.Raised brim 280 is projected into the plane of the upper surface of distance piece 29
More than.Raised brim 280 can be formed, to provide the comfortable sense of touch of key 28.
In the case where such as above-mentioned grouping key 28 and distance piece 29, user can press any key with mode described below
28, or smoothly and cosily finger tip is slided across the surface of keypad 20.The raised brim 280 of key 28 and the main body of distance piece 29
290 flatness should be used to help the position on the keypad 20 that user identifies that the finger of user is located at, without user
See keypad 20.
It as shown in Figure 3, is double preloading web deflection structures 50 below multiple keys 28 and multiple distance pieces 29.It is double pre-
Loading web deflection structure 50 includes substrate 60, and stiffener 61 can be arranged on substrate 60.Stiffener 61 can be frame
A part (such as column) of frame.Stiffener 61 usually can along distance piece 29, and therefore can with definition key 28 it is non-partially
The path advanced between inflection point is set in indexing.Due to double configurations for preloading web deflection structure 50, usually make key 28 inclined
It sets, to assume non-deflected posi-tion.However, it is possible at least one of down key 28 or more is selectively pressed towards substrate 60,
To affect at least one or more circuit of electronic equipment 4.
Capacitive sensor layer 70 is operably inserted between key 28 and distance piece 29, to indicate capacity cell (such as user
Finger) across 28 and distance piece 29 movement.Therefore, as described above, user is not required to by down key 28 to affect electronic equipment 4
The switch of circuit.In fact, user alternatively can slide his finger tip across keypad 20, with to processor 16 input navigation or
Select command.Then, which it is mobile can be translated into the cursor in the (for example) display of output device 12.
Referring now still to Fig. 3, double preloading deflection structures 50 include the first deflection web 80 and the second deflection web 90.First partially
Turn web 80 to be disposed at least between key 28 (and in some cases, distance piece 29) and substrate 60, and be configured as to
Key 28 provides the haptic response for being enough at least one key to be moved to the deflecting force of inflection point from non-deflected posi-tion.Second
Deflection web 90 is disposed between key 28 and the first deflection web 80, and is configured to form moisture-proof baffle-wall.According to embodiment,
Second deflection web 90 can be formed by moisture-proof and seepage-proof material (for example, polymer, rubber or similar material).First deflection web
80 is usually harder than the second deflection web 90 and flexible smaller, and the second deflection web 90 is by softer and flexible bigger material
It is formed.
Referring to Fig. 4, it will be described in accordance with an embodiment double preloading web deflection structures 50 and first and second deflection abdomen now
The configuration of plate 80 and 90.As shown in Figure 4, substrate 60 include one or more dome elements 62, in position respectively with key
At least one of 28 or more is associated.That is, dome element 62 can be disposed in stiffener 61 and interval
Between piece 29.In addition, at least one of key 28 or more may include press element 281 (such as key column), along with it is convex
The opposite direction in edge 280 is played to extend downwardly from the bottom surface of corresponding key 28.
First deflection web 80 includes transverse arm 801, trailing arm 802, pressing component 803 and strap-like member 804.Transverse arm 801 can be with
It is adhesively coupled with the top surface of stiffener 61, and trailing arm 802 can adhesively be coupled with the side of stiffener 61.It is band-like
Pressing component 803 is suspended between transverse arm 801 and trailing arm 802 by part 804 at corresponding key position.Strap-like member 804 includes narrow portion,
It allows strap-like member 804 to upward deflect toward and away from the side of corresponding dome element 62.Pressing component 803 is monolithic element,
It vertically extends to corresponding dome element 62 from the bottom of press element 281.Pressing component 803 can also include flange
805, flange 805 is configured as accommodating the bottom of press element 281.
Second deflection web 90 extends through distance piece 29, and (the second deflection web can also be as in the embodiment of fig. 7
Extend around distance piece 29), and the plane component being at least initially provided as between key 28 and the first deflection web 80.
More specifically, the second deflection web 90 includes flange portion 901 and base portion 902.The shoulder of flange portion 901 and key 28 is adhesively
Coupling, and it is formed to limit the surface characteristics 903 at corresponding key position.For the shoulder of flange portion 901 and key to be coupled
Binder may need to be contained in the region adjacent with the pressing component 803 of each key 28, allow to key 28 and
Two deflection webs 90 are deflected.The receiving of binder is realized by the surface characteristics 903 formed in flange portion 901
, or as the extension from the bottom surface of key 28.Surface characteristics 903 can be the recess in the surface of flange portion 901.Specifically
Ground, surface characteristics 903 prevent binder from undesirably flowing backwards to the press unit 281 of each key 28.In the embodiment of Fig. 4
In, the extension of base portion 902 almost completely passes through distance piece 29.
In the incipient stage of the assembly of Fig. 4, key 28 is actually arranged not yet in non-deflected posi-tion.First deflection web
80 are not yet preloaded, and the second deflection web 90 is also not yet preloaded or deforms.In Fig. 4, this can be by second partially
The flange portion 901 for turning web 90 coplanar with base portion 902 is found out.In order to complete the assembly, essentially vertically through distance piece 29
Secure component 100 tightened on the direction towards substrate 60.The tightening is so that base portion 902 approaches and finally contacts rigid element
61, rigid element 61 pulls down flange portion 901 and key 28 in turn.
Key 28 moves down the contact force increased between press element 281 and pressing component 803.According to embodiment,
It is greater than the nethermost table of pressing component 803 due to tightening by the distance of both the first and second deflection webs 80 and 90 covering
The distance between the upper surface in face and dome element 62.Therefore, lasting tightening is so that the first and second deflection webs 80 and 90
Become to be preloaded by dome element 62.That is, during lasting tightening, by first and second deflection webs 80 and 90
One end of the distance of traveling, the nethermost surface of each pressing component 803 connect to the upper surface of each corresponding dome element 62
Touching.Further tightening beyond this point deflects webs so that distance piece 29 preloads first and second in a first direction, described
First direction is directed away from the direction of key 28, and dome element 62 is made to preload the first and second deflection abdomens in a second direction
Plate 80 and 90, second direction are directions opposite with first direction and towards key 28.
Referring to Fig. 5, the second deflection web 90 can be provided as the unification or monolith character with continuous main body 91.Even
Continuous main body 91 is formed to limit first through hole 910 and the second through-hole 911, and the press element 281 of each key 28 extends through the
One through-hole 910, the pin 292 of distance piece extend through the second through-hole 911.As shown in Figure 5, distance piece 29 includes being clipped in second
The top 293 and lower part 294 between web 90 are deflected, so that can compel as described above with installing and being equipped with distance piece 29
The second deflection web 90 is set to advance towards substrate 60.
Before installation and assembly, the second deflection web 90 may be provided as flat shape, and by being relatively easy to cast
It makes, cut and the material for adhering to other feature is formed.Therefore, the second deflection web 90 is relatively simple to mould, positions and glues
It is attached to key 28 and distance piece 29, and is cut at the position for needing first through hole 910 and the second through-hole 911.
Referring to Fig. 6, capacitive sensor layer 70 may be provided as the unification being adjacently positioned with the first deflection web 80 or list
Block element is arranged on stiffener 61 to the first deflection 80 property of can support of web as described above.Capacitance sensor can be formed
For layer 70 to limit third through-hole 71, the third through-hole 71 is adjacent with pressing component 803 and dome element 62.Third through-hole 71 is permitted
Perhaps key 28 and the first and second deflection webs 80 and 90 deflect, the reading without influencing to be generated by capacitive sensor layer 70 and not
In the presence of the risk of damage capacitive sensor layer 70.
Capacitive sensor layer 70 can also include the Sensor tail in 20 any end of keypad or both ends.Sensor tail
Operationally with capacitive sensor layer 70 couple, and can be configured as with processor 16 couple, or more specifically with electronics
The main printed circuit board (PCB) of equipment 4 couples.In this way, the capacitance signal that capacitive sensor layer 70 generates can be sent out
Give processor 16.
As the final stage in double assembly for preloading deflection structure 50, key 28 and distance piece 29, second deflect web
90 and first deflection web 80 can be thermal welding.Thermal welding is related to the temperature that each feature is improved in part, so that first and the
Two deflection webs 80 and 90 are bonded together, and the second deflection web 90 is joined to key 28 and distance piece 29.Thermal welding can be with
Double preloading deflections are inserted into and thermal welding pin is deflected web 80 towards first across at least second deflection web 90 to tie
Structure 50 is realized.
Referring to Fig. 7, the arrangement of double preloading deflection structures 50 according to alternative embodiment is provided.As shown in Figure 7, exist
The second deflection web 90 is formd around distance piece 29, with it is above-mentioned pass through distance piece 29 extend it is opposite.In the example of figure 7,
The second deflection web 90 can be formed to define hole 912, hole 912 can be formed to be sized for being looped around distance piece 29.This
Outside, the second deflection web 90 may include pressing area 904 and the substantially vertical arm 905 around pressing area 904.Substantially
Vertical arm 905 can be configured as the lower surface for attaching to each key 28.According to further embodiments, the first deflection web
80 strap-like member 804 supports pressing component 803 and has the angled surface 806 around pressing area 904.It is similar
Ground, the second deflection web 90 can have angled surface 906 around.These angled surfaces are formed to define air
Gap 110, and the first and second deflection webs 80 and 90 is allowed to deflect and therefore preloaded by corresponding dome element 62.First He
Second deflection web 80 and 90 can be adhering to each other in 110 period of the air gap.
The following specifically describes each examples.According to example A, the keypad 20 of a kind of electronic equipment 4 is provided, and includes: base
Plate 60, the array including dome element 62；The array of distance piece 29；The array of mechanical keys 28, be disposed in distance piece 29 it
Between in the row that interweaves；First deflection web 80, is sustainably arranged to adjacent with substrate 60；And second deflection web
90, it is arranged between distance piece 29 and key 28 and the first deflection web 80, substrate 60 is configured as preloading the towards key 28
One and second deflects web 80 and 90.According to the example B that can be combined with example A, substrate 60 may include stiffener 62, the
One deflection web 80 adheres to stiffener 62.According to the example C that can be combined with example A or B, the second deflection web 90 can be with
Adhere to the first deflection web 80.According to can be with the example D of example A, B or C in combination, the second deflection web 90 be in distance piece 29
Surrounding extends.According to the example E that can be combined with example A, B, C or D, the second deflection web 90 can extend through distance piece
29.According to the example F that can be combined with example A, B, C, D or E, keypad 20 can also include binder, the second deflection web 90
Key 28 is adhered to by binder.According to the example G that can be combined with example A, B, C, D, E or F, binder can be close to key 28
Vertical member.According to the example H that can be combined with example A, B, C, D, E or F, the lower surface of key 28 and the second deflection web 90
At least one of can be formed to limit surface characteristics 903, surface characteristics 903 is configured as binder being contained in second
In the presumptive area for deflecting web 90.According to the example I that can be combined with example A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H, the first deflection web
80 include first deflector associated with key 28, and the second deflection web 90 includes second deflection associated with key 28
Part.According to the example J that can be combined with example A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H or I, the first and second deflectors, which are formed, to be limited
Determine the air gap 110.According to the example K that can be combined with example A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I or J, between the air gap 110
Second deflection web 90 can adhere to the first deflection web 80.According to can be with example A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J or K group
The example L of conjunction, the second deflection web 90, which can be, to be formed by the material bigger than the material flexibility of the first deflection web 80.Root
According to the example M that can be combined with example A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K or L, the second deflection web 90 be can be by moisture-proof anti-
Seep what material was formed.
According to example N, the keypad 20 of a kind of electronic equipment 4 is provided, keypad 20 includes: the first web 80, in key position
Locate deflectable；Second web 90, is arranged to adjacent with the first web 80, and the second web 90 is deflectable at key position, and first
It with the second web 80 and 90 is preloaded along deflection direction at non-key position；And first and second web 80 and 90 exist
It is to be preloaded along the direction contrary with deflecting at key position.
According to example O, the keypad 20 of a kind of electronic equipment 4 is provided, keypad 20 includes: substrate 60, including dome element
62 array；The array of distance piece 29；The array of mechanical keys 28 is disposed in the row to interweave between distance piece 29；First
Web 80 is deflected, is sustainably arranged to adjacent with substrate 60；And second deflection web 90, be arranged in 29 He of distance piece
Between key 28 and the first deflection web 80, distance piece 29 is configured as preloading the first and second deflection 80 Hes of web away from key 28
90；And substrate 60 is configured as preloading the first and second deflection webs 80 and 90 towards key.
Although providing several embodiments in the disclosure, it should be understood that disclosed system and method can be with perhaps
More other forms are realized, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.Example of the invention be considered as it is illustrative and not restrictive,
And the present invention is not limited to details given hereins.For example, various elements or component can be combined or integrated in another system,
Or it can save or not realize special characteristic.
Being described in embodiments and be illustrated as discrete or isolated technology, system, subsystem and method can be with it
Its system, module, techniques or methods combination or integrated, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.It is shown or discusses to be coupled to each other
Or the sundry item for directly coupling or communicating can be coupled indirectly or be communicated by special interface, equipment or intermediate module and (taken
Electrically, mechanical or other forms).Those skilled in the art can have found to change under the premise of without departing from range disclosed herein
Become, other examples of replacement and variant.
Claims (20)
1. the keypad of a kind of electronic equipment, comprising:
Substrate, the array including dome element；
The array of distance piece；
The array of mechanical keys is disposed in the row to interweave between the distance piece；
First deflection web, is sustainably arranged to adjacent with the substrate；And
Second deflection web, be arranged in the i) distance piece and the mechanical keys and ii) it is described first deflection web between,
The substrate is configured as preloading the first deflection web and the second deflection web towards the mechanical keys.
2. keypad according to claim 1, wherein the substrate includes stiffener, the first deflection web is adhered to
The stiffener.
3. keypad according to claim 1, wherein the second deflection web adheres to the first deflection web.
4. keypad according to claim 1, wherein the second deflection web extends around the distance piece.
5. keypad according to claim 1, wherein the second deflection web extends through the distance piece.
6. keypad according to claim 5 further includes binder, the second deflection web is adhered to by the binder
To the mechanical keys.
7. keypad according to claim 6, wherein vertical member of the binder close to the mechanical keys.
8. keypad according to claim 6, wherein in the lower surface of the mechanical keys and the second deflection web extremely
Few one is formed to limit surface characteristics, and the surface characteristics is configured as the binder being contained in second deflection
In the presumptive area of web.
9. keypad according to claim 1, wherein the first deflection web includes associated with the mechanical keys the
One deflector, and the second deflection web includes the second deflector associated with the mechanical keys.
10. keypad according to claim 9, wherein first deflector and second deflector are formed
Limit the air gap.
11. keypad according to claim 10, wherein the second deflection web adheres between the air gap
The first deflection web.
12. keypad according to claim 1, wherein the second deflection web is by the material than the first deflection web
The flexible bigger material of material is formed.
13. keypad according to claim 1, wherein the second deflection web is formed by moisture-proof and seepage-proof material.
14. the keypad of a kind of electronic equipment, comprising:
First web, it is deflectable at key position；
Second web, is arranged to adjacent with first web, and second web is deflectable at the key position,
First web and second web are to preload at non-key position along deflection direction；And
First web and second web are to preload at key position along the direction contrary with deflecting.
15. keypad according to claim 14, wherein second web adheres to first web.
16. keypad according to claim 14, wherein first web includes associated with the key position first
Deflector, and second web includes the second deflector associated with the key position.
17. keypad according to claim 16, wherein first deflector and second deflector are formed
To limit the air gap.
18. keypad according to claim 17, wherein described in second web adheres between the air gap
First web.
19. keypad according to claim 14, wherein second web is by the material flexibility than first web
What bigger moisture-proof and seepage-proof material was formed.
20. the keypad of a kind of electronic equipment, comprising:
Substrate, the array including dome element；
The array of distance piece；
The array of mechanical keys is disposed in the row to interweave between the distance piece；
First deflection web, is sustainably arranged to adjacent with the substrate；And
Second deflection web, be arranged in the i) distance piece and the key and ii) it is described first deflection web between,
The distance piece is configured as preloading the first deflection web and the second deflection web away from the mechanical keys；
And
The substrate is configured as preloading the first deflection web and the second deflection web towards the mechanical keys.
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